TY - JOUR
T1 - Comments on the electroweak phase transition
AU - Dine, Michael
AU - Leigh, Robert G.
AU - Huet, Patrick
AU - Linde, Andrei
AU - Linde, Dmitri
N1 - Funding Information:
1. With the recognition that baryon number violation is unsuppressed at high temperature in the standard model has come the realization that the electroweak phase transition might be the origin of the observed asymmetry between matter and antimatter \[1-3\]. In order to have sufficient departure from equilibrium, it is necessary, that this transition be rather strongly first order. As a result, there has been renewed interest in understanding under what circumstances the transition is first order, and how the transition proceeds. The minimal standard model al- ~" Researchs upported by DOE grants 7-443256-22411-3 and DE-AC03-76SF00515, and by NSF grant PHY-8612280. E-mail address: DINE@SLACVM. 2 E-mail address: LEIGH@SLACVM. E-mail address: HUET@SLACVM. 4 E-mail address: linde@physics.stanford.edu. On leave from P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, 117 924 Mos-cow. Russia.
PY - 1992/6/11
Y1 - 1992/6/11
N2 - We report on an investigation of various problems related to the theory of the electroweak phase transition. This includes a determination of the nature of the phase transition, a discussion of the possible role of higher order radiative corrections and the theory of the formation and evolution of the bubbles of the new phase. We find in particular that no dangerous linear terms appear in the effective potential. However, the strength of the first-order phase transition is 2 3 times less than what follows from the one-l oop approximation. This rules out baryogenesis in the minimal version of the electroweak theory with light Higgs bosons.
AB - We report on an investigation of various problems related to the theory of the electroweak phase transition. This includes a determination of the nature of the phase transition, a discussion of the possible role of higher order radiative corrections and the theory of the formation and evolution of the bubbles of the new phase. We find in particular that no dangerous linear terms appear in the effective potential. However, the strength of the first-order phase transition is 2 3 times less than what follows from the one-l oop approximation. This rules out baryogenesis in the minimal version of the electroweak theory with light Higgs bosons.
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U2 - 10.1016/0370-2693(92)90026-Z
DO - 10.1016/0370-2693(92)90026-Z
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000349736
VL - 283
SP - 319
EP - 325
JO - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
JF - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
SN - 0370-2693
IS - 3-4
ER -